Ahiri , Ahiri Bhairav .. Sad Ragaas !!!

A very remarkable website on Hindusthani Clasical Music
http://www.indiapicks.com propelled me to the pen this write up
on the Raag Ahiri-Bhairav.(You may also click at the title of this post to move to this website)

First let us see what the author of the web blog says about Raag Ahiri.
A wonderful in-depth study of the Raaga indeed !








http://www.esnips.com/doc/e67e2f2f-4d1c-42e3-81b9-a8ef547616ee/Ahiri_NB
nithyashree ahiri pibere ramarasam
balamurali pibere ramarasam ahiri


pandit jasraj ahiri alapana


http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/04Qhtv6XgS.As1NMvHdW/


Cr.Vasanthrao Deshpande raag ahiri bhairav



Now let us see Carnatic classical
Ahiri, which has its janya on:

14 vakulAbharaNam janya
The swaras are:
A: S R1 S G3 M1 P D1 N2 S
Av: S N2 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S
Most popular krithis/Songs are:
Courtesy: www.karnatik.com
A daya shrI
callarE rAmacandru - T(prahalada bhakthi vijayam)
E panulu sesina-?-AC
eTula gApADuduvO - T
inakula tilaka - tripuTa - BR
kathaya kathaya (also kalyANi)
pannagInDra sayana 7
pUla pAnpu - T
rAma rAma bhadrAcala - also nIlAmbari - BR
Interestingly, the website, www.karnatik.com illustrates that there are alternate scales also: they are:

Alternate scales: (8 hanumatODi janya) S M1 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S - S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S, (14 vakulAbharaNam janya) S R1 S G3 M1 P D1 N2 S - S N2 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S, S R1 S M1 G3 M1 P D1 N2 S - S N2 D1 P M1 G3 M1 R1 S, (17 sUryakAntam janya) S G3 M1 P D2 N3 S - S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R1 S, (20 naTabhairavi janya) S R2 G2 R2 M1 P D1 N2 D1 S - S N2 D1 M1 G2 R2 S, S R2 S G2 M1 P D1 N2 S - S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

type: janya sampUrna, vakra ArOhanam, trianyaswara bhAshAnga rAgam, sankIrna (swarams of 3 melakartas 8, 14, 20 are in this rAgam) but 14 because of G3.
jIva swaras: M,N
nyAsa swaras: G,P
graha swaras: G,P
phrases: SnSRS | Sndn,dp, | ggmgrr, | g,mp, (g with kampitam) | grr, (ekashruti R) | pdp,m (ekashruti D)
sancAram:g,mp - p,dn,,dp, - p,,dp,,m - g,,mmggrr,s - sn.srs, - sn.n.d.d.,p., - n.n.s, - srsgmp,,m - pdnnS,,S - SnSR,S, - Snn,S,,S - Snndd,,p - pdnnSS - SRGMGRR, - Snn,SS - Snndd,,p - pdnnS,,, - Snndd,,,p - pdp,,m - gmmggrr, - gmpdn,S,, - pdp,mgmmggrr,sn.n.,s,,,

Further, the Raag is best sung at
at night or before sunrise
as the rasam of this Raag is : sOga (sad)
Hindustani:
scope: shines with chowka kAla prayOgams. phrases must be sung carefully.
Because this is a sad rAgam, a proverb says if one sings Ahiri in the morning, one will not get fUd that day.
VEnkaTamakhi considers this the 21st melakarta.
Same as Pann Pancamam of Tevaram.

Getting into the nuances of :

Ahiri bhairavi (Ahir bhairav)

17 sUryakAntam janya
A: S R1 G3 M1 P N2 D2 M1 P D2 S
Av: S N2 D2 P M1 P G3 R1 S
Songs:
ettanai kOTi inbam-Adi-subramania bhArati
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/YJC2oI5jKt.As1NMvHdW/?done_detect
pibarE rAmarasam-Adi-sadAshiva brahmEndra
raghuvar tum kO - TD

In Hindusthani Filmy music,
this was the song those days i die for:
Puchho na kaise maine rain bitai. And that belongs to Ahiri bhairav.





Equally illustative songs are:


Ramka gun gaan kariye
Meri bina tum bin roye
Main to kabse teri sharan men
Zindagi ko sanvarana hoga
Sola barasaki bali umarko salam
Apne jeevan ki uljhan ko
Man Anand Anand Chhayo
Waqt karta jo wafa aap hamare

Raj Kapoor's
Ram teri ganga maili ho gayi